Plaster board clip



- May 1-9, 1931 I F. MuVENZIE 3 1,805,648

PIjAS'IER BOARD CLIP Filed July 30,1930

INVENTOR I FRA'QER/c/r/M KWZ/E ATTORNEY Patented May 19 1931 PATENT OFFICE FREDERICK M. VENZIE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PLASTER BOARD CLIP Application filed July 30,

This invention, generally stated, relates to a building construction and has more especial relation to a ceiling, wall, or partition structure in which clips are employed to retain 1n 5 position so-called plaster boards.

The leading objects ofthe present invention may be said to reside in the provlsion of a plaster board clip stamped from a single piece of metal and arranged to engage an angle iron or flange of a floor beam of light g nother object of the present invention is to provide a novel form of plaster board;

clip arranged for ready attachment to an angle iron or flange 'of a floor beam of light gage which clip is provided with a slottedportion for hooking over an angle iron or floor beam for retention thereon without the employment of fastening medium.

A'further object of the present invention is to provide a clip of the character stated in which means is provided to prevent tilting of a plaster board.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a clip of the character stated in which means is provided to engage the back of an angle iron or floor beam to prevent tilting of the clip.

Other and further objects of the present invention reside in the novel arrangement,

construction, and connection of parts for attaining the results sought by the foregoing objects.

" The invention consists of the novel constructionihereinafter' described and finally claimed. l

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be morefully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1, is a fragmentary view, partly inelevation and partly in section, illustrating plaster boards as employed in a ceiling construction embodying the'invention;

Fig. 2, is a view in cross section taken upon thelme 2-2 of Fig. 1;

'- Fi is a view in perspective of a-plaster boar cllp embodying the mvention; Fig. i, is a cross sectional view si nilar between the flange portion of the floor beams vided with a' paper covering andin order to 1930. Serial No. 471,719.

tothat disclosed in Fig. 2 but illustrating a modified formof plaster board clip;

Fig. 5, is a view in perspective of the plaster board clip shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6, is a view partly in elevation and partly in section illustratingv a modified form of a plaster board clip hooked to an angle iron; and

Fig. 7, is a view in perspective of the. plaster board clip shown in-Fig. 6.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings forms thereof which are at present preferred by me, since the same have been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is'to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described. v Referring now to the drawings in detail, and with more especial relation to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the novel form of plaster board clip employed constitutes an integral structure stamped from'a single sheet of metal and comprises an elongated body 10 having formed therein and parallel with the body an elongated slot 11 to provide a hook-like portion 12, which in practice is adapted to engage 'overthe flange of an angle iron or the flange of a floor beam of light gage. As shown in- Fig. 1, I have disclosed my novel plaster board clip-as beingsuspended from a floor beam 13,-and supporting a floor structure which may be cementitious slabs 14. Struck out from the body 10 at right angles thereto are a plurality of fingers desi ated 15 and 16, the-said fingers being space apart 90 with the fingers 15 extending ina direction opposite to the fingers l6. In practice with the clips suspended as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the plaster boards 17 are caused to engage 13'and the'fingers 15 and 16, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to provide a ceiling. In practice the plaster boards 17 are usually proprevent mutilation of the paper covering on the plaster boards in assembling the same with respect to the clips, the terminals of the plaster boards I provide the relatively short lip or finger 19 which is struck out from the body 10, as is clearly shown in the modified 'form of construction in Figs. 4 and 5.

This lip or finger is arranged at right angles with respect to the body 10 and is located at what ma be termed the rear portion of the clip. This lip or finger 19 engages with that surface of a plaster board 17 op )osite to the plaster board portion engaged y the finger 16, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 4, so that tilting of a plaster board 17 cannot occur. Otherwise the construction of parts is the same as that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In either of the constructions of clips shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive it may be possible for a clip to tilt with respect to its support, which may be an angle iron or the flange of a floor beam, and for illustrative purposes I have shown a modified form of clip in Fig. 6 as secured to an angle iron 20. The construction of clip as disclosed in Figs. 6 and 7 is the same as that disclosed in the foregoing figures with the exception that the body ,10, or more properly speaking the hook portion 12 thereof, has bent out therefrom at right angles with respect to the body a relatively short lip or finger 21 which is at the forward end of the clip and in practice is adapted to abut against the wall of the angle 'iron or a floor beam to prevent tilting of the clip.

-In the above description while I have described a ceiling construction obviously the clip may be efliciently employed in connection with attaching plaster boards with respect to an angle iron or light gage beam in wall or'partition structures.

' What I claim is:

1. A plaster board clip of the character stated comprising a one-piece metallic member havin an elongated relatively broad, flat, lateike body arrange to have plaster boar ends abut against it opposite faces, said body being providedwith an elongated, narrow slot extending in the direction of the length of rong disposed in the same plane with said ody and arranged for frictional engagement over the flange edge of an an lar support for free detachment, a plurality of spaced fingers struck out from said body at right angles thereto and from o posite s1des thereof for free support of p aster boards with the faces of the plaster boards resting against the faces of said fin ers, and generally curved terminal portions or the respective fingers A to prevent abrasion of the faces of the plaster boards.

said body to provide a hook-like 2. A plaster board clip of the character stated comprising a one-piece metallic member havin an elongated relatively broad,

flat, plateike body arranged to have plaster board ends abut against its opposite faces, said body being provided with an elongated, narrow slot extending in the direction of the length of said body to provide a hook-like prong disposed in the same plane with said body and arran ed for frictional engagement over the flanged for free detachment, a plurality of spaced fingers struck out from said body at right angles thereto and from opposite sides thereof for free support of plaster boards with the faces of the plaster boards resting against the faces of said fingers, and an auxiliary finger struck out from said body at that end thereof opposite the free end of said ron and bent outwardlyin parallelism wit sai fingers to provide a U-shaped plaster board receiving portion, said auxiliary finger being adapted to prevent plaster board tilting in clip attachment.

3. A plaster board clip of the character stated comprising a one-piece metallic member having an elongated relatively broad, fiat, plate-like body arranged to have plaster board ends abut against its opposite faces, said body being provided with an elongated, narrow slot extending in the direction of the length of said body to provide a hook-like prong disposed in the same plane with said 76 edge ofan angular support fingers struck out from said body at right angles thereto and from opposite sides thereof for free support of plaster boards with the faces of the plaster boards resting against the faces of said fingers, and an auxiliary finger bent outwardly at right an les to said prong at-the free end thereof foriaving the free end of said auxiliary finger abut against the face of an angular support to prevent tilting of said clip in cli attachment. FREDERI K M. VEN ZIE. 

